Pacilius

Latin

Etymology

From Pacilus (“a Roman cognomen”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈki.li.us/, [päˈkɪlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈt͡ʃi.li.us/, [päˈt͡ʃiːlius]

Proper noun

Pacilius m sg (genitive Paciliī or Pacilī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Pacilius, a Roman man mentioned by Cicero

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pacilius
Genitive	Paciliī Pacilī1
Dative	Paciliō
Accusative	Pacilium
Ablative	Paciliō
Vocative	Pacilī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “M. Pacilius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray